Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-001:
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_lycium_carolinianum1
December Cameron County TX
Branches stiff, some ending in thorns. Leaves succulent, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert Godfrey.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_lycium_carolinianum1b
December Cameron County TX
Corollas blue, lavender or nearly white, 4(5)-lobed, and rotate, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert Godfrey.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-001:
Lycium carolinianum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
2640
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Georgia & South Carolina (but not seen recently in SC)
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Habitat: shell middens, shell mounds, shelly sand dunes, brackish marshes, maritime sand spits, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs spine-tipped
LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-5 merous
4-5 lobed calyx
4-5 lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p123
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p202